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Geocaching and the December Photo Contest

 Good morning everyone.  Today we stop in Louisiana for the oldest and most favorite geocaches.  The first geocache placed was 'Wilson' GC27D.  It was placed in February, 2001 and found 29 times.  It was confiscated (you read that right) by National Park Services in August, 2002 and archived shortly thereafter.  The oldest active geocache is 'Wild Azalea Cache' GC763.  Hidden in April, 2001, found 509 times with 200 favorite points.

The most favorite geocache is 'View Carre' GCE02C.  Hidden in March 2003, it was found 2,366 times before being archived in 2017.  It had 928 favorite points.  As for active geocaches, 'Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen' GCGFHX has 519 favorite points.  This virtual was placed in the French Quarter of New Orleans in July, 2003 and has 3,268 found logs.

Back in September, Angie (Geo-Jangie), started a photo contest on her blog, with a winner chosen at random.  I liked the idea since I'm always taking pictures while out geocaching.  Each month had a theme or challenge.  That added to the creativeness of the pictures.  Angie's photo contest only ran for two months.  I'm sure it would have lasted longer, but Angie decided to pull away from the social media side of geocaching.  As much as we enjoy geocaching and it's sort of a way of life for some, in the end, it's just a hobby.  Angie didn't have the time to give her projects the proper attention they needed.  She was burnt out.  I support her in her decision, and I do wish her well and much happiness.  Hopefully we'll see her back blogging in the future.

I had a conversation with Angie last month about the photo contest.  I had expressed interest in continuing this project, but my major roadblock was prizes.  I had nothing to offer other than a free subscription to my blog that is already free.  I did some digging around online and I found something to offer.  More about that later.


(The prizes arrived this week)


Looking back at the previous months contests, Angie had asked for a creative picture in September and a Fall/Halloween themed picture for October.  That had me thinking.  What could I do to make my picture creative?  I decided to blend two games into one picture.


Pokémon Go meets Geocaching.  I found a fake electrical plate geocache and I was handing it over to the Pokémon known as Throh.

The following month was the same idea, but not as good as the first picture.


It's Pikachu with a witch's hat and a corn field in the background that's ready for harvesting.

I will continue with the themes and I am open to suggestions.  Since December is holiday time, take a picture of a holiday themed geocache, or a geocache hanging in a pine tree.  Bison tubes can be used as tree ornaments.



As for the prizes; one person will be randomly drawn from all entries.  The winner will receive the following:


A fridge magnet.


A Pathtag.


And a trackable button.  *disclaimer* my thumb isn't included with any of the prizes.

I was able to find these at I.B. Geocaching Supplies.  I will keep surfing the web and trolling the various geocaching supply stores for different items and good deals.  If you have a pathtag that you would like to donate as a prize, feel free to contact me and we can arrange something.

The next big question is how do you enter?  You can send your entries to thegeocachingguild@gmail.com  You can also send a direct message to either the Twitter account @thegeocachingg1  or the Geocaching Guild FB page.

The December contest starts now and runs to December 31st.  I will announce the winner and have the January theme in my blog on January 3rd.  Get out there and find a Holiday themed geocache.  While you're doing that, remember to stay safe, be happy, wash your hands and wear a mask, but most of all, have fun.  Peace out.


Tinkers saying to Sassy "you look bagged.  Maybe you need some rest".


Comments

  1. Unknown1 December 2020 at 22:00

    Nice idea to keep Geo-Jangie's contest going. And thanks for the mention. :)
    Pete / islander1988 / I.B. Geocaching

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